Now that you know a little more about photosharing and the tools that are available, it's time to think about how you as a teacher can make use of this new and exciting technology!

Ideas for teachers:

1. Create a story book using shared pictures
2. Inspire writing and creativity
3. Create a presentation or slideshow using flickr
4. Also using Flickr you can create other interesting things such as posters, magazine covers and cd covers all using photos taken by your students
5. Promote and document school events in order to share photos with the wider community.
6. Use tags and key words to help organise photos within the school
7. Create a photo blog using the shared photos
8. Using tools such as Flickr allows parents the chance to SEE what their child does at school. Why wait to show parents student work once a term via portfolio. Share work instantly using these types of tools.
9. Have students take a photo of their artwork and post online for others students to critique and share feedback.
(Information taken from: http://www.ext.upmc.fr/urfist/rss/100ideasWeb2educators.pdf)

Choosing a programme to best suit your needs:

Each of these types of programmes ares supported in various ways so choose a programme that works best for you and your school.
Examples:
1. Advertising supported model which allows usres free access e.g. Flikr
2. Some depend on users to purchase photos online e.g. Shutterfly
3. Some have subscription fees e.g. SmugMug
4. Some simply use peer-2-peer network to share photos directly from your computer e.g Picasa

Interesting links and examples:

1. Example of a school sharing their events using Flickr - click here
2. Flickr Toys- more cool ideas for your photos - click here